The Gospel

I just finished reading Paul Washer's '"The" Gospel' in the latest edition of Heartcry magazine. This edition {volume 69} should be available soon for download here.
As I read this I thought, are there two different Gospels? Is there a 'free will' Gospel and a Gospel based on grace thru Christ because man is totally depraved and unable to come to Christ apart from regeneration? It can't be, there is only ONE Gospel, not two. Yet, all across this nation, we hear men beckon sinners to invite Jesus into their heart, or to make their decision. Maybe this is so hotly debated because we do not even know what the true, biblical Gospel is.

Here is a sample of that Gospel...



"Paul did not have "a" Gospel that was peculiar to him. His was not a 'Pauline' Gospel as opposed to a 'Petrine' or 'Johannine' Gospel. Though something of the personalities of these apostles is evident in their presentation, the Gospel they shared was the same. They would know nothing of the frequent language of our day that speaks of different variations, versions, and flavors of the Gospel as though there could be more than one. It is clear from Scripture that there was an unbroken continuum between what Jesus did and communicated to His followers and what Paul believed and preached.
In the Gospel of Jesus, genuine conversion is always accompanied by sincere and costly discipleship. Jesus frequently culled the large crowds that followed Him by making radical demands upon them: "if anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple". He even warned His own disciples, "if anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me..." In the Gospel of Paul, the same radical demands of discipleship are found.
In the Gospel of Jesus, men are taught that a mere profession of faith alone is no sound evidence of salvation. Jesus warned that not everyone who says to Him, "Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those whose lives are marked by obedience to the will of God.
Finally, the Gospel of Jesus abounds with warnings about future judgment and the terrors of hell. The matter was so crucial to Jesus that He gave the following warning even to those whom He considered to be His friends: "I say to you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!"

There is but one Gospel, which stands above the editor and the censor, and which must not be changed, adapted, or repackaged. Any attempt to do so, regardless of the reason or motivation, will result in a different Gospel, which is NO Gospel at all!' - Paul David Washer